WEBVTT MATT, THE MEDICAL EXAMINER ALSOOFFICIALLY RULED HER DEATH AHOMICIDEREPORTER YES, AND TONIGHT,INVESTIGATORS ARE TRYING TOESTABLISH A TIMELINE OF WHAT LEDUP TO RUBY JAMES'S KILLING THEY WANT TO KNOW HERWHEREABOUTS AND WHO SHE WASWITH, AND THEY'RE OFFERING AREWARD, FIVE-THOUSAND DOLLARSFOR ANY INFORMATION THAT LEATHEM TO A SUSPEC>> HE KNOWS.HE WILL TAKE CARE OF IT.REPORTER: RUBY JAMES' SON ANDOTHER LOVED ONES WHO VISITED HERHOME, CAN'T FATHOM WHAT TOOKPLACE HERE OR WHO WOULD TAKE HER LIFE.>> SARA, I SAID PLEASE DON'TTELL ME YOU FOUND THIS OLD LADYIN MY BACK YARD.REPORTER: PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEARTHE SHALLOW GRAVE THAT COVEREDHER BODY, ABOUT FOUR MILES AWAYFROM HER HOME ARE SIMILARLYBEWILDERED AND SO ARE THE LAKE COUNTYSHERIFF'S INVESTIGATORS WORKINGTO SOLVE HER MURDER.>> WHAT HUMAN BEING DID THE LORDCREATE THAT COULD DO THAT TOSOMEBODY?>> PURE EVIL.THERE'S NO OTHER WAY TO DESCRIBEIT.JUST HORRIBLE AND UNIMGINABLE.DEPUTIES ARE PIECING TOGETHERCLUES, LOOKING AT EVIDENCECOLLECTED FROM HER HOME AND HERCAR, WHICH HAD BEEN LEFT IN THEAREA WHERE SHE WAS BURIED.INVESTIGATORS HAVE NOT GIVEN ANYDETAILS OF WHAT DETECTIVESFOUND, OR ANY INDICATION OCIRCUMSTANCES OR POSSIBLESUSPECTS MEANWHILE, MANY WHO KNEW ALOVED THE 92-YEAR-OLD RETIREDTEACHER OF ABOUT 50 YEAR-- WANT TO FIND ANSWERS, AND SEEJUSTICE.>> SHE'S THE SWEETEST PERSON YOUCOULD TALK TO.REPORTER: INVESTIGATORS ARE NOTSAYING EXACTLY IN WHAT MANNERJAMES WAS KILLED THEY'RE ASKING FOR ANYONE WITHINFORMATION THAT CAN HELP THIS CASE TO COME FORWARD .

The medical examiner has ruled a 92-year-old woman's death a homicide.

WESH 2 News has learned that remains found buried in a shallow grave in Leesburg are those of Rubye James.

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WESH 2 spoke with two people who saw the victim's car. One of them took a picture of what appears to be a blood smear on it.

Crime scene investigators were out Thursday morning collecting evidence at James' house and the location where the remains were found.

"They were back there by the big tree and I guess a little hole dug by the tree and they found her right here in that little hole," neighbor Sara Collins said.

Collins lives between Snow Place and Sunnyside Drive in Leesburg.

The remains were found in an area where deputies were searching for James, a retired teacher who lived alone on Edgewood Road, about 4 miles away.

Collins said she knew "Ms. Rubye" and that her son used to cut grass for her.

"They lifted up a big sheet that was covered in blood and I couldn't help to ask myself, 'Who the hell could do something like that to a little bitty lady?'" Collins said.

Collins had seen a white car near the apartments since Tuesday. A neighbor saw the same car Wednesday morning when she left to take her daughter to school.

Detectives said the car belongs to James.

The victim's son said there's no doubt that his mother's remains were in the shallow grave.

The medical examiner made a positive identification of the body on Thursday afternoon.

Lake County Sheriff's Lt. John Herrell called the discovery "sickening."

"There's no other word, I mean really she was 92 years old and apparently lived alone. From what we're hearing she was somewhat estranged from her family members and we think she had family and relatives in the area, but just to think about how someone could do this is just unimaginable."